Bunny Manders

Harry "Bunny" Manders
Raffles and Bunny, 1898 illustration by John H. Bacon
First appearance"The Ides of March" (1898)
Created byE. W. Hornung
Portrayed byChristopher Strauli
Michael Cochrane and others
In-universe information
GenderMale
OccupationGentleman thief
Writer
NationalityBritish

Harry Manders (almost exclusively known as Bunny Manders) is a fictional character in the popular series of Raffles stories by E. W. Hornung.[1][2][3] He is the companion of A. J. Raffles, a cricketer and gentleman thief, who makes a living robbing the rich in late Victorian British High Society.

Bunny is the narrator in the original Raffles short stories and novel by Hornung, from the first short story "The Ides of March" (1898) to the novel and last story Mr. Justice Raffles (1909).

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